{"id":234591,"date":"2026-04-17T19:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/?post_type=event&#038;p=234591"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:30:41","slug":"jersey-city-jazz-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/jersey-city-jazz-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey City Jazz Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/GENERAL-VERTICAL-JCJF-GRAPHIC-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Event image.\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/GENERAL-VERTICAL-JCJF-GRAPHIC-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/GENERAL-VERTICAL-JCJF-GRAPHIC-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/GENERAL-VERTICAL-JCJF-GRAPHIC-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/GENERAL-VERTICAL-JCJF-GRAPHIC-585x731.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/GENERAL-VERTICAL-JCJF-GRAPHIC.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"comp-mm17ggtt\" class=\"ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-mm17ggtt wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\" data-motion-enter=\"done\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">Riverview Jazz began as a grassroots concert at the Riverview Farmers Market in the Jersey City Heights in 2013. In just a few short years Riverview Jazz was producing or partnering in over 100 free-to-the-public performances a year in Hudson County, including the Jersey City Jazz Festival, the largest outdoor jazz festival in the NYC tri-state area. Riverview Jazz programming focuses mainly on straight-ahead jazz, Latin jazz, and those sounds left-of-center. No mainstream pop acts at our jazz festivals, dig?<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong>The goal is simple &#8211; great music to the people in a fun environment. A party where everyone is welcome and the music is happening. As Ornette says &#8220;Friends and Neighbors, that&#8217;s where it&#8217;s at!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The main festival happens between Friday, May 29 and Sunday, May 31 across multiple stages on the Hudson River Waterfront at Exchange Place Plaza and features beautiful panoramic views of Manhattan. 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